The Great Dictator

"Once again - the whole world laughs!"

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Ratings & Reviews

8.3/10

3,685 votes

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Awards & Recognition

Critical acclaim and industry honors

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Wins

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Nominations

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Academy Awards

📋 5 nominations

Nominated

Best Writing, Original Screenplay

Best Picture

Best Actor

Best Supporting Actor

Best Original Score

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Other Awards

🏆 2 wins

Won

New York Film Critics Circle for Best Actor

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$2.0M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$11.0M

Global Box Office

Profit

+$9.0M

ROI: +450%

Budget Recovery550% of budget

$0|Budget: $2.0M|Revenue: $11.0M

Popularity Trend(Wikipedia)

60-Day Views

61.9K

Daily Avg

1.0K

7-Day Trend

+8%

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Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

Malibu

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Story Setting

Set In

OsterlichTomainiaBacteria

Time Period

1918World War I

Inspired By

Triumph of the Will(film)

Themes & Subjects

#antisemitism#dictatorship#fascism

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

Roland TotherohKarl Struss

Music / Score

Charlie ChaplinMeredith Willson

Production Companies

United ArtistsCharlie Chaplin StudiosCharles Chaplin Film Corporation

Distributors

United Artists

Technical Specifications

Color

black-and-white

Where to Watch The Great Dictator

Available in 129 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaNR	fuboTV, HBO Max, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, IndieFlix, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel	Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel, Fawesome	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
United KingdomPG	Amazon Prime Video, Now TV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads	Plex	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
Canada	Criterion Channel	Crave, Plex, Tele Quebec	Apple TV Store	Apple TV Store
AustraliaG	—	Plex	—	—
India	YouTube, Lionsgate Play, Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel, Lionsgate Play Amazon Channel	Plex, Plex Channel	—	—

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesNR

United KingdomPG

AustraliaG

Germany6

FranceTP

JapanG

CZ12+

DenmarkA

+8 more countries

Production

Director

Charlie Chaplin

Writer

Charlie Chaplin

Production Companies

Charles Chaplin Productions

Cast

Charlie Chaplin

Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber

Paulette Goddard

Hannah

Jack Oakie

Benzino Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria

Reginald Gardiner

Commander Schultz

Henry Daniell

Garbitsch

Billy Gilbert

Field Marshal Herring

Grace Hayle

Madame Napaloni

Carter DeHaven

Spook

Maurice Moscovitch

Mr. Jaeckel

Emma Dunn

Mrs. Jaeckel

Bernard Gorcey

Mr. Mann

Paul Weigel

Mr. Agar

Tags & Keywords

amnesianazihairdresserpropagandaworld war idictatorjewish ghettofascismworld war iinational socialismnational socialist partysatirespeechblack and whitebarbershop

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